Add Dog Walking as an activity type

[Jossmanusa]

I am sure I am not the only athlete who walks their dog most days, currently I have to edit to change walk to Walk Dog. If I walk I walk at a cracking pace, but, with my aging dog , lucky to make 2 mph. Anyone else think this would be a good add on. 

[Jane]

Hello @Jossmanusa 

Thanks for posting about this.  Could you clarify exactly what you are suggesting?  Are you asking that dog walking become it's own activity type on Strava?

We do have have an existing suggestion to add canicross type activities here.  

[Jane]

Hello @Jossmanusa 

​​Thanks for submitting your idea. It has been reviewed by our moderation team and is now open to voting.  We have slightly modified the wording of your idea title to make it clearer to understand and to make it easier for others to search and vote for.

[Silentvoyager]

I think a walk is a walk. When I run with my dog I also run slower than I otherwise would and make a lot of stops, yet I don't think it is a good idea to introduce a new Dog Run activity type. Should we also add a Dog Trail Run and a Dog Hike? 

[DennisK]

Also ad running with the dog and cycling with the dog.

[Kriscas]

I understand some saying a walk is a walk. But to some people who do a walk for pace due to possibly many different reasons. (Ability and disability spring to mind) So dog walking good be a good activity for some to differentiate there activity and even track the amount of distance/time they are doing with there dog. Separate to say a walk by themselves or a friend etc. 

[Bozza]

Completely agree. I walk my dog most days, sometimes twice and have always thought ‘Dog Walk’ as an activity type should be there by now. Just like ‘commute’ for my ride to work! 

[vdub]

I'd love to see a map type for dog walking. Just some paw prints where the line segment is would be a fun way to denote a walk as a dog walk. This could be tied (or not) to setting the activity sub-type, ie commuting, workout, long run, dog walk.

[Jane]

Hello. We wanted to let you know that your idea submission from March of 2024 will be archived. While this idea is interesting, we don’t have any immediate plans to implement this and currently aren’t able to prioritize this idea.

Please note that your feedback is valuable to Strava. As stated in our Community Idea Guidelines, we receive many idea submissions each week, and realistically, there may be various reasons that prevent us from including an idea on our Product Roadmap.  

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